Israeli Communist Party

HaMiflega HaKomunistit HaYisraeli, also known as the Israeli Communist Party or its Hebrew acronym Maki, is a communist political party of Israel formed in 1948.

History
HaMiflega HaKomunistit HaYisraeli was formed in 1948 by both Jewish and Arab communists of Israel, but the organization split in 1965 between the pro-Palestinian Rakah faction and Moshe Sneh's Zionist faction. The Rakah won three seats in the new government while Snet's faction won only one, but Rakah's opposition to the Six-Day War of 1967 meant that, during the Sixth Knesset, they were expelled from the national unity government. In 1973 they gained four seats, and in 1977 they allied with the Israeli Black Panthers to form Hadash. In 1981, the original Maki disappeared, while Rakah renamed itself "Maki", becoming the only official communist party of the country. Under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 2015 government, they held only 3 out of 120 Knesset seats.